Ali Soumana was arrested following a complaint by Prime Minister Ali Soumana over an article published in Le Courrier newspaper. (Photo: Credit withheld) Dakar, September 17, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges authorities in Niger to immediately release Ali Soumana, publishing director of the privately owned Le Courrier newspaper, after Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine…
The Police have arrested 19 individuals for unlawful assembly at the Public Utility and Regulatory Authority (PURA) headquarters along the Kairaba Avenue. The group, identified as GOMSABOPA, staged on Friday, August 22, 2025, a protest against alleged mobile credit data deductions without applying for the required police permit. Police officers were dispatched to the scene…
Principal Magistrate Touray of the Kanifing Magistrate Court has remanded former soldier Abdoulie Sanyang on an arson charge and transferred the case to the High Court for trial. The decision was made after the prosecution successfully argued that the magistrates’ court lacks the jurisdiction to hear the matter, citing that one of the charges, arson,…
Imam Bakawsu Fofana has denied reports claiming he was arrested in Guinea-Bissau for felling trees without authorisation. Bakawsu Fofana, known for his outspoken sermons and influence among Gambian Muslims, has in recent days been the subject of online claims alleging that local authorities in Guinea-Bissau detained him for illegal logging. The reports, widely shared on…
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) notes with concerns the arrest of two journalists and an attempt to arrest a third while they were covering a protest organised by a group of activists known as Gambians Against Looted Assets (GALA). The journalists, Sheriff Conteh of In-depth Media, Alieu Ceesay of Alkamba Times, were arrested in Banjul…
The All People’s Party (APP) Sobeyaa alliance, led by international Gambian lawyer Essa Faal, has condemned the arrest on Monday, 17 February, of Luis Boutanos “for merely exercising his democratic right to free speech”. The APP Sobeyaa states that Boutanos’s only crime was raising the failures of the Barrow Government, the arrest for which, the…
The United Democratic Party (UDP) strongly condemns the arrest of Mr Luis Boutanos, a Gambian citizen, on 17th February 2025, for expressing his frustration with the Barrow Government’s governance of The Gambia. Mr Boutanos’ arrest, reportedly stemming from a social media video in which he criticised the government, is a blatant violation of his constitutional…
The Gambia Police Force (GPF) has responded to a suspected shooting incident in Hanover, Serrekunda, on February 19, 2025, following reports of an individual seen with a rifle on a building. The statement from the police indicated that a search led to the recovery of a single-barrel gun (licensed) in the bedroom of Ebou Drammeh,…
Gambia police officers responded to a violent confrontation at Jah Oil on Bond Road in Banjul on the night of Tuesday, 28 January 2025, following a dispute between staff at the fueling station and a group of individuals. According to a statement from the police, upon arrival at the scene of the altercation, police officers…
